Political Quotes

“I am not painting with a broad brush. Look, I know there are lots of good employees there. All I am saying is an agency that did what the IRS did, that rehired people who had been fired, some of them had been fired for not paying their taxes, an agency that went after people for their political beliefs, I just--call me crazy, but you can go ask your average taxpayer: Do you think that agency that did those things, do you think those people need a pay raise? My guess is most of the constituents I get the privilege of representing in the Fourth District of Ohio would say: Nope, I am not for that. That is all I am saying, not painting with a broad brush. All I know is what this agency did. And it is not a conspiracy theory, and the gentleman from Virginia knows it. The inspector general did a report and said targeting occurred at the Internal Revenue Service. They went after conservative Tea Party conservative groups, and it happened just as sure I am standing here speaking on the House floor, and the gentleman from Virginia knows that to be the case.”